Seed biostimulant Bacillus sp. MGW9 improves the salt tolerance of maize during seed germination

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Table 2 Effects of the seed biopriming with SB-MGW9 on the shoot/seedling length, primary root length, shoot/seedling fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight and root dry weight in maize under salinity stress

Varieties	Treatments	SL	PRL	SFW	SDW	RFW	RDW
Varieties	Treatments	(cm)	(cm)	(g/10S)	(g/10S)	(g/10S)	(g/10S)
ZD175	C	2.21 ± 0.02d	5.06 ± 0.13c	1.00 ± 0.01c	0.10 ± 0.02b	0.95 ± 0.06c	0.13 ± 0.01c
	T1	2.88 ± 0.10b	6.90 ± 0.62b	1.37 ± 0.07b	0.13 ± 0.02ab	1.24 ± 0.13b	0.17 ± 0.01b
	T2	3.05 ± 0.08b	7.85 ± 0.60a	1.46 ± 0.16ab	0.16 ± 0.03a	1.40 ± 0.07ab	0.21 ± 0.02a
	T3	3.30 ± 0.14a	8.08 ± 0.53a	1.58 ± 0.12a	0.17 ± 0.04a	1.53 ± 0.12a	0.21 ± 0.02a
	T4	2.67 ± 0.11c	7.48 ± 0.51ab	1.28 ± 0.14b	0.15 ± 0.01a	1.32 ± 0.12b	0.20 ± 0.01a
ZD958	C	1.93 ± 0.14c	5.11 ± 0.10d	0.80 ± 0.08d	0.08 ± 0.01c	0.82 ± 0.12c	0.12 ± 0.01d
	T1	2.38 ± 0.19ab	6.65 ± 0.36c	1.01 ± 0.03c	0.09 ± 0.02bc	1.13 ± 0.06ab	0.16 ± 0.02c
	T2	2.21 ± 0.07bc	7.22 ± 0.17b	1.15 ± 0.04b	0.11 ± 0.01ab	1.07 ± 0.05b	0.18 ± 0.02bc
	T3	2.73 ± 0.34a	7.73 ± 0.05a	1.08 ± 0.06bc	0.10 ± 0.002ab	1.29 ± 0.18a	0.22 ± 0.01a
	T4	2.52 ± 0.25ab	7.58 ± 0.51ab	1.29 ± 0.04a	0.12 ± 0.004a	1.22 ± 0.07ab	0.19 ± 0.02ab
DH605	C	1.98 ± 0.16c	4.54 ± 0.15d	0.90 ± 0.03d	0.08 ± 0.01c	0.92 ± 0.07b	0.13 ± 0.01d
	T1	2.27 ± 0.31bc	5.85 ± 0.19c	1.14 ± 0.04c	0.10 ± 0.03bc	1.26 ± 0.14a	0.18 ± 0.02c
	T2	2.59 ± 0.23ab	6.90 ± 0.22a	1.30 ± 0.10b	0.12 ± 0.002ab	1.45 ± 0.24a	0.23 ± 0.01a
	T3	2.68 ± 0.17a	6.65 ± 0.32b	1.44 ± 0.14a	0.13 ± 0.01a	1.37 ± 0.28a	0.21 ± 0.02ab
	T4	2.45 ± 0.10ab	6.34 ± 0.23b	1.22 ± 0.01bc	0.12 ± 0.004ab	1.21 ± 0.05ab	0.20 ± 0.01bc

According to Duncan's multiple range test, different letters in the same column indicate significant differences between treatments at the 0.05 level
SL shoot/seedling length, PRL primary root length, SFW shoot/seedling fresh weight, RFW root fresh weight, SDW shoot dry weight, RDW root dry weight, S seedling (s)